Lake Tahoe a Tahoe City CA - 10337000

ELEVATIONS OF INTEREST AT LAKE TAHOE (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation datum): Maximum legal limit 6,229.1; Natural rim of lake 6,223; Datum of gage is 6,220.00 ft above U.S. BOR datum, 6,218.86 ft above the NGVD29 and 6222.9 ft above NAVD 88.

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	10337000	_n/a
Site name	LAKE TAHOE A TAHOE CITY CA	_n/a
Site type	Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment	LK
DMS latitude	391051	_n/a
DMS longitude	1200706	_n/a
Decimal latitude	39.1807175	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-120.1193368	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 5 sec.	F
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1927	NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	California	06
State	California	06
County	Placer County	061
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	NENES05 T15N R17E	_n/a
Name of location map		_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	6222.90 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.16 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lake Tahoe	16050101
Drainage basin		_n/a
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Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	506 square miles	_n/a
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Time Zone abbreviation	PST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
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Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_n/a
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Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
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Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
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